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<br />MINUTES <br />OF THE <br />LAND USE JOINT WORKSHOP NO.7 <br />OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> <br />April 25, 2006 <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />The joint workshop was called to order by Mayor Jennifer Hosterman at 6:34 p.m. <br /> <br />Those in attendance were as follows: City Councilmembers Steve Brozosky, Cindy <br />McGovern, Matt Sullivan, Jerry Thorne and Mayor Hosterman; Planning Commissioners Brian <br />Arkin, Ann Fox, Trish Maas, Mary Roberts and Jennifer Pearce. Staff members present were: <br />Nelson Fialho, City Manager; Michael Roush, City Attorney; Jerry Iserson, Director of Planning <br />and Community Services; Janice Stern, Principal Planner; and Steve Bocian, Assistant City <br />Manager. <br /> <br />Planning Commissioner Phil Blank was absent. <br /> <br />2. GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT WORKSHOP NO.7 <br />Discussion of land use issues, including: land use options for future development; land <br />designated Public and Institutional on the General Plan, and Senior Continuing Care Units. (SR <br />06:102) <br /> <br />Jerry Iserson presented the opening remarks. <br /> <br />Janice Stern presented staff report. <br /> <br />Mayor Hosterman summarized that the goal of this meeting was to develop a realistic <br />model for land use in order to return to the traffic issues. <br /> <br />3. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC <br /> <br />Mayor Hosterman opened the meeting to the public. <br /> <br />Patricia Belding, 7703 Highland Oaks Drive, speaking for Citizens for a Caring <br />Community, complimented staff on its imaginative approach in outlining choices for future <br />development. Her group supported land use Option B, the concentrated residential transit- <br />oriented development, mixed use residential with lower reserve and no Staples Ranch units <br />counted. However, she said if 240 units are counted for Staples Ranch there is nothing for <br />Kottinger Pleasanton Gardens, which needs 100 units. She believed the city could easily get <br />very low-income units from the Kottinger project. Hacienda should get the most units because <br />the more units there are the more affordable they will be and the more resources for <br />infrastructure, such as a school. She supported 50-100 in-fill units downtown and the units <br />earmarked for the West Dublin BART station could be given to Hacienda and this site could be <br />